We all know post-processing, because it is part of CAE. All text books teach you how important the post-processing is. For most Generation Y engineers, post-processing (and maybe even the whole CAE) almost equals to visualization as discussed in this post. Yes, post-processing is important: it gives you the chance to justify your one-month (or one-day, or one-week, or ...

According to the Global Software Top 100 (2011 edition), 6 CAD/CAE/PLM software companies are among the the top 100.
They are: Dassault Systèmes, Autodesk, PTC, Siemens (UGS), Mentor Graphics and ANSYS.
Dassault and Siemens have the most complete ecosystem: CAD-CAM-CAE-PLM. Autodesk and PTC reply more on CAD. While Mentor Graphics has limited presence beyond in electronics industry. ...